Demi Schuurs

Demi Schuurs (; born 1 August 1993) is a Dutch professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. On 22 October 2018, she peaked at No. 7 in the doubles rankings. In February 2015, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 512.

She has won twenty-one doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one singles title and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Career Juniors Schuurs won the junior events of the doubles tournaments at 2011 Australian Open and 2011 US Open.

Professional 2018–2020: Four WTA 1000 titles, world No. 7, WTA Finals debut & semifinal She qualified for the 2018 WTA Finals doubles event, partnering Elise Mertens where she reached the quarterfinals. The pair reached the semifinals, making it the third time for Schuurs.

2023: WTA Tour singles debut, fifth WTA Finals Without a singles ranking she qualified at the Guadalajara Open for her first singles main draw at a tour–level on her eighth WTA singles qualifying attempt, getting her first singles ranking in the top 1000 since 2016.

She qualified for the 2023 WTA Finals with Desirae Krawczyk for a fifth year in a row that the tournament was played and for the second time with the same partner.

Still on the Australian swing, Schuurs participated in the Adelaide International in partnership with Asia Muhammad. They reached the quarterfinals.

Schuurs reached three times the round of 16, at the 2025 Australian Open, in Doha, and in Dubai with partner Muhammad. They won the title defeating the Slovak-British duo of Tereza Mihalikova and Olivia Nicholls.

Personal life Schuurs is a daughter of former Dutch international handball player Lambert Schuurs. Her younger brother Perr is a professional football (soccer) player.

During an interview with the WTA in 2020, Schuurs revealed that she is in a relationship with a woman named Carmen.

Performance timeline

Doubles

Significant finals WTA 1000 tournaments Doubles: 13 (6 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Olympic Games medal matches Mixed doubles: 1 (4th place)

WTA Tour finals Doubles: 38 (21 titles, 17 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals Singles (1–1) Legend$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (0–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Oct 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey Clay Olga Ianchuk 6–2, 2–6, 6–3Win 1–1 Feb 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Emily Webley-Smith 6–4, 6–2

Doubles (20–7) Legend$100,000 tournaments (1–0)$75,000 tournaments (1–0)$50,000 tournaments (1–1)$25,000 tournaments (9–3)$15,000 tournaments (1–1)$10,000 tournaments (7–2)Finals by surfaceHard (5–1)Clay (15–5)Grass (0–1) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. Jul 2009 ITF Bree, Belgium Clay An-Sophie Mestach Kiki Bertens Quirine Lemoine 1–6, 0–6Win 1. Jul 2010 ITF Bree, Belgium Clay Sofie Oyen Marcella Koek Marina Melnikova 6–0, 6–1 Win 2. Aug 2010 ITF Westende, Belgium Hard Quirine Lemoine Alison Van Uytvanck Irina Khromacheva 3–6, 6–4, [10–4]Win 3. Mar 2011 ITF Antalya, Turkey Clay Ilona Kremen Martina Gledacheva Isabella Shinikova 3–6, 7–6(3), [10–8]Win 4. Apr 2012 ITF Tessenderlo, Belgium Clay Maryna Zanevska Tatjana Maria Stephanie Vogt 6–4, 6–3Win 5. Jul 2013 ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany Clay Eva Wacanno Carolin Daniels Laura Schaeder 7–5, 1–6, [14–12]Win 6. Jul 2013 ITF Maaseik, Belgium Clay Eva Wacanno Bernice van de Velde Kelly Versteeg 6–2, 4–6, [10–7]Win 7. Aug 2013 ITF Rotterdam, Netherlands Clay Amandine Hesse Elke Lemmens Sviatlana Pirazhenka 3–6, 7–5, [10–4]Loss 2. Sep 2013 ITF Alphen a/d Rijn, Netherlands Clay Eva Wacanno Cindy Burger Daniela Seguel 4–6, 1–6Win 8. Nov 2013 ITF Bol, Croatia Clay Barbora Krejčíková Vivien Juhászová Tereza Malíková 6–2, 6–4Win 9. Dec 2013 ITF Madrid, Spain Hard Eva Wacanno Elitsa Kostova Evgeniya Rodina 6–1, 6–2Loss 3. Feb 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Zarah Razafimahatratra Ana Veselinović Eugeniya Pashkova 2–6, 1–6Loss 4. Jun 2014 ITF Breda, Netherlands Clay Eva Wacanno Sviatlana Pirazhenka Natela Dzalamidze 4–6, 1–6Loss 5. Aug 2014 ITF Koksijde, Belgium Clay Bernarda Pera Ysaline Bonaventure Richèl Hogenkamp 4–6, 4–6Win 10. Aug 2014 ITF Fleurus, Belgium Clay Elise Mertens Tatiana Búa Daniela Seguel 6–2, 6–3Win 11. Aug 2014 ITF Fleurus, Belgium Clay Arantxa Rus Hilda Melander Marina Melnikova 6–4, 6–1Win 12. Nov 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Marie Benoît Valentyna Ivakhnenko Polina Monova 6–4, 7–5Win 13. Dec 2014 ITF Sousse, Tunisia Hard Kelly Versteeg Vivien Juhászová Tereza Malíková 6–3, 6–0Win 14. Feb 2015 Open de l'Isère, France Hard (i) Hiroko Kuwata Manon Arcangioli Cindy Burger 6–1, 6–3Win 15. Feb 2015 ITF Beinasco, Italy Clay (i) Daniela Seguel Xenia Knoll Alice Matteucci 6–4, 4–6, [11–9]Loss 6. Jun 2015 Ilkley Trophy, UK Grass An-Sophie Mestach Raluca Olaru Xu Yifan 3–6, 4–6Win 16. Aug 2015 ITF Koksijde, Belgium Clay Elise Mertens Justyna Jegiołka Sherazad Reix 6–3, 6–2Loss 7. Apr 2016 Wiesbaden Open, Germany Clay Steffi Distelmans Marie Benoît Arantxa Rus 2–6, 2–6Win 17. May 2016 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay Andreea Mitu Xenia Knoll Aleksandra Krunić 6–4, 7–5Win 18. May 2016 Open Saint-Gaudens, France Clay Renata Voráčová Nicola Geuer Viktorija Golubic 6–1, 6–2Win 19. Jul 2016 Prague Open, Czech Republic Clay Renata Voráčová Sílvia Soler Espinosa Sara Sorribes Tormo 7–5, 3–6, [10–4]Win 20. Aug 2016 ITF Koksijde, Belgium Clay Steffi Distelmans Başak Eraydın Ilona Kremen 6–1, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)